# Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock, a rock of Christchurch

A named rock in Christchurch, at Heathcote Valley.

Suburb: [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley)

From the air, an aerial view of Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Tihi o Kahukura
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL38.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The rockfall survey counts 114 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 8 came down · 9 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 559 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.587254&lon=172.698687&radius=250

## Around it

- [Castle Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/951-castle-rock-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Tors Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1227-tors-scenic-reserve), regional park · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-154-heathcote-valley), track · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · 1.1 km
- [Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/castle-rock), rock · under 150 m
- [Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors), rock · ~600 m
- [Cattle Stop crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/cattle-stop-crag), rock · 1.9 km
- [Te Ahi-a-Tamatea](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-ahi-a-tamatea), rock · 2.0 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock?**

A named rock in Christchurch, at [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the rock, the formation’s own ground, or its centreline’s middle. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named cliff, rock, reef or quarry inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names and the crag names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/rock/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/rock.geojson
The high places: https://www.chch.live/summit
The old sites: https://www.chch.live/site